The Cloud Computing has driven digital transformation like no other technology disruption before. Not only have public cloud platforms completely changed the way companies of all sizes consume technology; lThe world's great cloud leaders continue to innovate at breakneck speed. New analytics and machine learning services, IoT and IT services, powerful development platforms, new database services, advanced SaaS applications, integration services and API to link everything … the list seems endless and it keeps getting longer.
The cloud now permeates all sizes of companies, industries and geographies.. And all this innovation isn't just happening in big public clouds; New private cloud technology and new partnerships between infrastructure providers and cloud-native companies also bring power and energy to resilient cloud services.. on demand from enterprise data centers.
Forrester predicts that more than 50% of companies globally will have at least one public cloud platform to drive digital transformation and satisfy their customers. Customers no longer wonder if the cloud is right for their business; they are now considering when to start and in what way.
Top Cloud Computing Predictions for 2018
- The total global market for public cloud will be 178 billion dollars in 2018, an increase of 146 billion with respect to 2017, and will continue to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 22%. Public cloud platforms, the fastest growing segment, will generate 44.000 million dollars in 2018. At the end of 2017, half of all global companies will use public cloud platforms.
- AWS, Google and Microsoft will capture the 76% of all cloud platform revenue in 2018, which will increase to 80% to 2020. Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce together have a stake of 70% of all SaaS sales force automation and customer service subscription revenue.
- SaaS providers will compete more at the platform level, running part of your services on Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform u Oracle Cloud en 2018. Given the increasing demands for application customization and the convergence of technologies such as IoT and AI, Forrester also predicts that SaaS providers will prioritize efforts on their platform to achieve global scale when selecting AWS., Azure, GCP o Oracle Cloud. Salesforce emphasizes platform capabilities that enable Artificial Intelligence (HE), advanced development of your Lightning platform, Cloud and its rapidly evolving Einstein solution. Like Salesforce, Workday is investing in its platform by deepening its functions. Both companies need a broad public cloud platform capable of rapidly scaling to support global deployments, which is one of the main factors that led Salesforce and Workday to choose Amazon AWS to scale global deployments. Forrester predicts that this trend will accelerate with other SaaS providers in 2018.
The following list is a summary of Forrester predictions for cloud computing in 2018:
- No big startups expected in the cloud.
- SaaS providers transform into platform providers and expand your deployment options.
- Cloud fragmentation is a sign of more focused solutions.
- Cloud security will be more integrated with platforms from the cloud.
- Private and Hybrid Cloud Spending Will Increase.
- The private cloud it provides will be seen as an opportunity to build applications and modernize platforms...
- Hybrid cloud management solutions will be sold separately or even offered for free..
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